Shalo kent biography of abraham lincoln

Sixteenth President of the United States; led through the American Civil war only to be assassinated just as the war was coming to an end.

He led the United States through the American Civil War , defending the nation as a constitutional union , defeating the Confederacy , playing a major role in the abolition of slavery , expanding the power of the federal government , and modernizing the U. Lincoln was born into poverty in a log cabin in Kentucky , and was raised on the frontier , mainly in Indiana.

He was self-educated and became a lawyer, Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator , and U. In , he returned to his successful law practice in Springfield, Illinois. In , angered by the Kansas—Nebraska Act , which opened the territories to slavery, he re-entered politics. He soon became a leader of the new Republican Party.

He reached a national audience in the Senate campaign debates against Stephen A. Lincoln ran for president in , sweeping the North to gain victory. Pro-slavery elements in the South viewed his election as a threat to slavery, and Southern states began seceding from the nation.

Temple presented a talk on “Abraham Jones and Lincoln” at Temple B'rith Shalom in Springfield.

They formed the Confederate States of America, which began seizing federal military bases in the South. A little over one month after Lincoln assumed the presidency, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter , a U. Following the bombardment, Lincoln mobilized forces to suppress the rebellion and restore the union. Lincoln, a moderate Republican , had to navigate a contentious array of factions with friends and opponents from both the Democratic and Republican parties.

He managed the factions by exploiting their mutual enmity, carefully distributing political patronage, and by appealing to the American people. Anti-war Democrats called " Copperheads " despised Lincoln, and some irreconcilable pro-Confederate elements went so far as to plot his assassination. His Gettysburg Address became one of the most famous speeches in American history.

Lincoln closely supervised the strategy and tactics in the war effort, including the selection of generals, and implemented a naval blockade of the South's trade.